Holder for smoking pipes



June 15, 1965. PALANT 3,189,136

' HOLDER FOR SMOKING PIPES Filed April 24, 1964 INVENTOR [720m P010272BY K I ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,189,186 HOLDER FOR SMOKING PIPESIrwin Palant, 3346 liayfield Blvd, Oceanside, N.Y. Filed Apr. 24, 1964,Ser. No. 362,253 1 Claim. (Cl. 211--60) This invention relates to aholder and, more particularly to a holder for supporting tobacco smokingpipes in a number of diiferent usable positions.

It is not uncommon for tobacco pipe smokers to own a number of pipeswhich they alternate smoking. The reason is that after smoking one pipe,the tobacco juices that accumulate in the pipe must be dried or removed.If the juices do not dry before the pipe is smoked again, they providethe smoker with a harsh taste that feels hot and irritating on thethroat and tongue. Thus, it is common for a tobacco pipe smoker to lethis pipe lie dormant for a time long enough to permit the juices to drybefore reuse.

The desideratum of this invention is to provide a holder for tobaccosmoking pipes which can be used to support the pipe in readilyaccessible positions and also subject the pipe to a drying ventilatingmoving stream of air, to dry the pipes so quickly that they may bereused within a relatively short time after each smoke.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pipe holder which willsupport a tobacco smoking pipe outside the window of a moving vehicle toface into the stream of ventilation drying air produced by the relativemovement of the vehicle to the air.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a pipe holder thatmay be used to support a tobacco smoking pipe in any convenientlylocated position in a vehicle within accessible reach of the user.

Still other objects and features of the invention reside in the detailsof construction of the pipe holder that renders it easily usable for anyof its intended functions without changing its mechanical features, andto so encompass the pipe as to prevent the loss of accidentaldislodgement of the pipe from the holder when the holder is properlypositioned.

Other and further objects of this invention reside in the structures andarrangements hereinafter more fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the holder for tobacco smoking pipesconstructed according to the teaching of the invention,

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view,

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view,

FIG. 4 is a cross-section of FIG. 3 taken along lines 4-4,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the holder supported on an automobilewindow, and

FIG. 6 is a side view of the holder positioned on an automobile dashboard.

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 10 generally identifies aholder for a tobacco smoking pipe. The holder comprises a pipesupporting body 12 that is substantially J-shaped and that is alsosubstantially U- shaped in cross-section. The body 12 includes arecessed pipe bowl supporting portion 14 and a stem supporting portion16. Each of these portions 14 and 15 may be said to be recessed byvirtue of their substantially U-shaped cross-sections. The portions 14and 16 are coextensively arranged with each other, with the bowlsupporting portion 14- being defined along the base of the J-shaped body12 while the stem supporting portion 16 may be said to be defined alongthe long leg thereof.

At one end of the body 12, at the extreme end of the stem supportingportion thereof remote from the 3,189,186 Patented June 15,1965

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bowl supporting portion 14, is a support means in the form of a clip 18.The clip 18 comprises an arm that is made of yieldable material topermit its fiexure about a surface to be gripped. The clip arm 18 isspaced from the body 12 by a spacer 29. The arm 18 and spacer 20 bothare secured to the back section of the U-shaped stem supporting portion16 by a rivet or other suitable fastening means 22. A retaining means 24is joined across the sides of the end of the U-shaped stem supportingportion 16 to define therewith an enclosing loop for a purpose to bedescribed. In practice, the retaining means 24- may comprise a flexiblehalf loop or ring that is connected to the opposite sides of theU-shaped stem supporting portion by passing through and being fastenedat the openings 26 defined therein.

The pipe bowl supporting portion 14 is provided with a pipe stemreceiving aperture 28 defined therein. The aperture 28 is locatedsubstantially centrally of the contour of the bowl supporting portion 14in substantially central vertical alignment with the clip means 18,between the sides of the defining U-shaped walls of the stem supportingportion 16. Hence, it may be said to be in substantial verticalalignment with andequally spaced between the sides or legs defining theU-shaped bowl supporting portion 14 and stem supporting portion 16. Theaperture 255 is elongated in length and materially narrower in width,but sufiiciently large to accommodate the stern of smoking pipes. Thelength of the aperture 28 extends in the direction of the base of the]-shaped body 12 toward the longer leg of such J-shaped body.

Secured to the outer surface of the pipe bowl supporting portion 14 andto the body 12 thereof is a magnetic holding means 30. The magnet 30 isfound to be unusually adapted to hold the holder 10 in any desiredaccessible location, as in the position such as shown in FIG. 6 wherein,the bowl supporting portion 14 and stem supporting portion aresubstantially in horizontal relationship with the base and leg of theJ-shaped body 12 forming a substantial V-shape.

After a pipe is smoked, the tobacco juices and the remaining impuritiesgive the smoker a harsh taste unless the pipe is permitted to laydormant and dry. For this reason, most pipe smokers carry a number ofpipes with them. The pipes are frequently changed and smoking isalternated between them so they may be permitted to dry. However, thisis often impossible of accomplishment especially by a pipe smoker whomay find himself with but a single pipe. In this case, the presentinvention has peculiar application. Normally, the holder 10 may berested upon the dash board 32 of a motor vehicle and left there by theuser. When placed upon the dash board, the magnetic holding means 30retains the pipe holder 10 in position as shown in FIG. 6. The J- shapedbody 12 is then retained on the dash board 32 by the holding means 30 sothat it is in a substantially horizontal position with the pipebowl-supporting portion 14 directed at an angle upward from the dashboard and the stem supporting portion 16 directed oppositely upward atan angle from the dash board in a substantial V-shape.

At this time, a smoking pipe 34 may be supported in the holder 10 withits smoking bowl supported and partially encompassed within the pipebowl supporting portion 14 and its stem supported and partiallyencompassed within the stem supporting portion 16. The stem of thesmoking pipe extends along and is partially encompassed between thesides of the U-shaped stem supporting portion 16 while the retainingmeans 24 partially encompasses the remaining portion of the pipe stem.When in this position, the pipe 34 is prevented from accidentaldisplacement from the holder 10 because the retaining means 24 serves toretain the stem of the smoking pipe 3 34 within the confines of the stemsupporting portion 16 at all times.

However, immediately after use of the smoking pipe 34, it is desirableto quick dry the bowl and stem. They may be accomplished by the sameholder 16. The holder is lifted free of the dash board 32, simply byexerting a lifting force on it in excess of the holding force of themagnet 30. The pipe holder 10 is then clipped at 18, over the upper edgeof the automobile window 36. The resiliency or yielding nature of thesupporting clip means or arm 18 enables the same to fit snugly over theedge of the window while engaging the side thereof. The spacer 20 issubstantially but slightly narrower than the thickness of the averageautomobile window and, therefore, the arm of the clip means 18 does notexert a scraping or excessive force on the surface of the window.

The holder 16 is thus positioned on the outside of the window 36. Itspipe supporting body 12 is held in a vertical position so that itsJ-shape is assumed. In this condition, the pipe stem supporting portion16 is disposed substantially vertically above the pipe bowl supportingposition 14. The pipe 34 is then inserted downwardly through the top ofthe holder 18 with its stem extending downwardly between the U-shape ofthe stem supporting portion 16 and the retainer means 24 until the stemof the pipe is inserted through, to project downwardly beyond theaperture 28. At this time, the bowl of the pipe 34 extends sidewise overand beyond one of the sides of the U-shaped stem supporting portion 16.It is retained in this position by its stem engagement in thecorrespondingly shaped or contoured aperture 28. The retaining means 24completes the encirclement or encompassing retention of the pipe 34 toprevent its accidental loss or displacement from the holder 10. As thevehicle moves, the bowl of the pipe 34 may be directed forward to besubjected to the direct passage of ventilating and cooling air movingabout the automobile, through the bowl and downward out of the pipestem. Thus, the pipe 34 will be ventilated and dried quickly without theuse of any extraneous cleaning equipment.

It will be recognized that the holder 10 may be placed on either windowof the vehicle. It may be supportingly suspended on the passengerswindow or on the drivers window by the clip or supporting means 18. Thepipe 34 may have its bowl directed into or downstream of the air movingabout the vehicle. After the pipe 34 has been thoroughly ventilated anddried, the holder 10 may be removed from its suspending support on thewindow 36 of the automotive vehicle and again retained on the dash board32 as shown in FIG. 6 by the magnetic holding means 30. At this time,the pipe 34 is repositioned Within the holder 10 as shown in FIG. 6.Although the vehicle illustrated in the drawing and above described isan automobile, those skilled in the art will recognize that theinvention may be used with equal facility with any other type ofvehicle.

While there have been shown and described and pointed out thefundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferredembodiment thereof, it will be understood that various omissions andsubstitutions and changes in the form and details of the deviceillustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in theart, without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is theintention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope ofthe claim appended hereto.

I claim:

A holder for a smoking pipe comprising a rigid pipe support body havinga rigid pipe stem supporting portion and a rigid pipe bowl supportingportion, said supporting portions each being substantially U-shaped andextending coextensive with the other to form a constantly open andsubstantially fully exposed support for respective stem and bowlportions of a pipe, clip means on said body at said stern supportingportion directed away from said U-shape to supportingly suspend therigid support body with said pipe stem supporting portion disposedsubstantially vertically above said pipe bowl supporting portion, a pipestem receiving aperture defined in said rigid pipe bowl supportingportion in substantial vertical alignment with and between the legsdefining said U-shaped pipe stem supporting portion when said body issuspended by said clip means, the stem of a pipe being insertabledownward into said aperture and partially encompassed in said U-shapedstem supporting portion with the bowl of the pipe extending sidewisebeyond one of the sides defining said U-shaped stem supporting portion,and retaining means connected across the legs of said U-shaped sternsupporting portion to define a continuous loop and open enclosuretherewith to encompass a portion of the stern of a pipe adjacent thebowl thereof, said clip means including a yieldable arm, means spacingsaid arm from said body, said arm being connected at one end to the endof said pipe stern supporting portion remote from said bowl supportingportion and extending in the direction of said pipe bowl supportingportion, and magnetic means on said pipe support body directed away fromthe bowl supporting portion thereof to hold said stem and bowlsupporting portions thereof in a substantially V- shaped relationshipwith the bowl of a pipe supported in said bowl supporting portion andthe stem of a pipe supported in said stem supporting portion whollyencompassed by said continuous loop defined by the U- shaped sternsupporting portion and said retaining means.

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